Saying that many questions have been raised about the projects taken to prevent air pollution, Syeda Rizwana Hasan, Adviser on Water Resources and Environment, Forest and Climate Change, said that this time, priority should be given to implementing those projects. Transparency and accountability of the department must be ensured in this regard.
She said these things at a program titled 'Launching Ceremony of National Air Quality Management Action Plan' at the Department of Environment in Agargaon in the capital on Tuesday (November 5) morning.
She said that there will be a committee to prevent the implementation of projects taken to prevent pollution. That committee will ensure its transparency.
She also said that the Department of Environment will have to find out how much pollution is being caused by the Rampal and Matarbari projects and take action accordingly. No one can rely on the survey done by someone else.
The Environment Adviser said that no new brick kilns are being allowed. They are looking into how many brick kilns got approval in the same place.
Along with this, the adviser said that the Department of Environment must increase its own capacity, hoping to remove Dhaka from the most polluted city in the future.